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Elizabeth Bridge
b.Cal 1599
- H. John BettsAbt 1594 - 1662/63
- W. Elizabeth BridgeCal 1599 - 1663/64
m. Bef 6 Dec 1652
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Elizabeth Bridge |
| Married Name |
Elizabeth Betts |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1] |
Cal 1599 |
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| Marriage |
Bef 6 Dec 1652 |
She participated with her husband in sale of land on this date.
to John Betts |
| Will[1] |
16 Dec 1663 |
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Death[1][2] |
2 Jan 1663/64 |
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial[3] |
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Old Burying Ground Harvard Square, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Estate Inventory[1] |
6 Jan 1663/64 |
£71 14s. 4d., of which £26 was real estate. |
| Probate[1] |
14 Mar 1663/64 |
Will proved. |
"'Sister Betts,' named in John's will, was Elizabeth Betts, wife of Goodman John Betts of Cambridge. She left a will, written 13 December 1663 and proved 14 March 1663/4, which named over fifty persons (MPR Case #1659). John Bridges was a major legatee of this will, receiving her house and land in return for maintaining it during her lifetime and fulfilling many small legacies at her death. Tempting as it might be to assume that 'Sister Betts' had a blood relationship to John Bridges, it is much more likely that the childless Elizabeth was naming her many well-loved friends, neighbors and fellow church members in this will."[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 John Betts, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
1:275.
"… Elizabeth Bridge, sister of John Bridge of Cambridge. She was born about 1599 ('Elizabeth Betts aged about 54' deposed on 21 June 1653 [MCF Folio #7]). 'Elizabeth Betts, wife of John and sister of Deacon John Bridge', died at Cambridge 2 January 1663/4."
- ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
2:467.
"Betts, Elizabeth, w. of John and sister of Dea. John Bridge, [died] Jan. 2, 1664. (grave record, cemetery at Harvard Square)"
- ↑ Elizabeth Bridge Betts, in Find A Grave.
This gravestone was erected in 1876, more than 200 years after her death. The inscription appears to be the only record indicating that she was a blood relative of John Bridge of Cambridge.
- ↑ John Bridge, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
1:396.
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